GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 474 
HOUSE BILL 874 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CITY OF DURHAM TO COMPLY WITH MINIMUM MINORITY AND/OR WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Charter of the City of Durham, being Chapter 671, Session Laws of 1975, is further amended by adding a new section to read: 
"Sec. 84.1. Minority or Women's Business Enterprise Requirements. The City Council may establish, agree to and/or comply with minimum minority and/or women's business enterprise participation requirements in projects financed by public funds to ensure equal employment opportunities and/or to redress past discrimination, by including such minimum requirements in the specifications for contracts to perform all or part of such projects and awarding bids pursuant to G.S. 143-129 and G.S. 143- 131, if applicable, to the lowest responsible bidder or bidder meeting these and other specifications." 
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1983.